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Thomas Carlyle (Popularity:  )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jcarlyle.htm
Scottish essayist and historian. Includes short biography and photo. (1795-1881)
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Henry Mayhew (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jmayhew.htm
Joint editor for Punch Magazine and journalist for the Morning Chronicle. Includes biography, excerpts from his writing and photo. (1812-87)
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Spartacus: Charles Dickens (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRdickens.htm
Wrote newspaper articles to advocate social reform and novels. Includes short biography and excerpts from his work. (1812-1870)
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Charles Lamb (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jlamb.htm
Essayist and critic. Includes short biography and portrait. (1775-1834)
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Douglas Jerrold (Popularity: )
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Resident playwright at the Coburg Theatre in London. As a journalist, wrote a large number of political and humorous articles ...
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Elizabeth Gaskell (Popularity: )
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Novelist, who advocated social reform in Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life. Includes short biography, excerpts from her writings ...
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Mark Lemon (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jlemon.htm
English journalist and prolific playwright, with over 60 plays to his credit. Best known as one of the founding members ...
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Thomas Hughes (Popularity: )
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Novelist, reformist and jurist. Author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Includes short biography and photo. (1822-1896)
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Frances Trollope (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRtrollope.htm
Novelist who wrote about social issues and produced 40 books. Includes short biography, excerpts from her writing and portrait. (1780-1863).
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Angus Reach (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jreach.htm
Journalist for the Morning Chronicle in London, writer for Punch Magazine and joint editor of the journal, The Man in ...
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George Sims (Popularity: )
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Playwright, social reformist and journalist. Wrote series of newspaper articles depicting poverty of the working class in London and another ...
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Edith Nesbit (Popularity: )
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Author of 44 children's books, and regular lecturer and writer on socialism throughout the 1880s. Includes biography and a photo. ...
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Charles Kingsley (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REkingsley.htm
Clergyman, novelist and poet. Author of The Water Babies. Includes short biography and photo. (1810-1875)
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J. B. Priestley (Popularity: )
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Theater reviewer and contributed articles to the Spectator, novelist and playwright with over 50 plays. Helped established the socialist Common ...
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Vita Sackville-West (Popularity: )
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Wrote poetry and published books on travel and literary topics. For many years authored a weekly gardening column for The ...
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Oscar Wilde (Popularity: )
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Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. Wrote the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Achieved his greatest success with a series ...
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H. G. Wells (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jwells.htm
Novelist and historian. Wrote science fiction stories, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The War of the ...
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George Bernard Shaw (Popularity: )
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Irish dramatist, critic and novelist. Includes short biography, photo and excerpts from his writing. (1856-1950)
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George Orwell (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jorwell.htm
Born in India. Novelist and essayist. Wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Includes short biography, excerpts from his works and ...
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Industrial Work (Popularity: )
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Abstract - By 1910 women made up almost one third of the workforce, often on a part-time or temporary basis. ...
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